Abstract:
A power converter for converting an electric power for a motor that has three-phase winding wires includes an inverter and a controller. The controller controls the electric power supplied for the three-phase winding wires. The controller either (i) sets a two-phase modulation period for performing a two-phase modulation control when a third-order harmonic frequency that is calculated as triple the frequency of a fundamental frequency of the phase currents is smaller than an audible lower limit frequency of a human audible frequency range, or (ii) performs a three-phase modulation control, when the third-order harmonic frequency is equal to or greater than the audible lower limit frequency. In such manner, a heat generation from the maximum heat generating portion of the power converter is mitigated, and acoustical noise that is generated in the audible frequency range is reduced.
Abstract:
A rotary electric machine system includes a rotary electric machine, first and second power-supply systems, a sensor, a first abnormality determination section determining whether an abnormality has occurred in a first armature-winding group, the first power-supply system, or the sensor, a second abnormality determination section that, on condition an abnormality has been determined, controls power output depending on a type of the abnormality, increases current flowing from the second power-supply system to a second armature-winding group when output torque due to current flowing to the first armature-winding group decreases, to increase output torque due to the current flowing to the second armature-winding group, and determines whether an abnormality has occurred in one of the first armature-winding group, the first power-supply system, and the sensor, and a prohibition section that, on condition that an abnormality has been determined, prohibits power supply from the first power-supply system to the first armature-winding group.
Abstract:
A motor control device includes: a substrate on a heat sink; switching elements providing a power converter; a drive circuit IC having a pre-driver; a control circuit IC having a current control unit; first and second temperature detectors; and a temperature estimation unit of evaluation places. When the current control unit is halted after operation and is restarted after halt, the temperature estimation unit: stores estimated temperature and the first and second detected temperature at the halt; calculates, as an estimated gain, a ratio of a temperature difference at the halt to a temperature difference at restart; and estimates temperature at the restart based on a temperature difference obtained by multiplying a temperature difference between the first detected temperature and the estimated temperature at the halt by the estimated gain, and increased temperature.
Abstract:
A power converter that reduces a ripple of a torque and a ripple of an electric current in a switch period, having a controller including an instruction calculator that calculates a first voltage instruction value and a second voltage instruction value when, in a first period, a first neutral point voltage is shifted below a center-of-output value, and a second neutral point voltage is shifted above the center-of-output value, and, in a second period, the first neutral point voltage is shifted above the center-of-output value, and the second neutral point voltage is shifted below the center-of-output value.
Abstract:
A power converter a controller that includes an instruction calculator calculating a first voltage instruction value that is applied to a first winding group, for example. An application voltage to the first winding group is controlled, for example, in a first period so that a first neutral point voltage shifts below a center-of-output value of an outputtable range is outputted, and a second neutral point voltage shifts above the center-of-output value of the outputtable range. The instruction calculator calculates the first instruction value for enabling a switching between the periods, after a lapse of a switch period that is variably calculated based on a preset physical quantity. In such manner, a ripple of a torque or an electric current accompanying the switching between the periods is reduced.
Abstract:
A power conversion apparatus includes: an inverter unit having high and low potential-side switching elements corresponding to each phase of a winding of a rotating electrical machine; a current detecting unit; and a control unit controlling the switching elements based on a PWM reference signal and a duty instruction value. The control unit includes: a phase current computing device; and a voltage instruction value computing device. The control unit computes an active voltage vector interval in first and second half periods of one or multiple cycles of the PWM reference signal to be a predetermined period or longer, and computes first and second half duty instruction values to set first and second voltage vector intervals equal to or longer than minimum time to be in the first or second half period.
Abstract:
A rotating electric machine control device includes: an inverter in each winding set of a rotating electric machine having high and low potential-side switching elements corresponding to each phase; and a controller. The controller has: a signal generator of a control signal for turning on and off the high and low potential-side switching elements; a disturbance voltage estimating device calculating a disturbance voltage estimation value of a disturbance voltage, which is generated in a normal system, based on a current flowing in a failure system when the short circuit failure occurs; and a command calculating device calculating a normal system command value in accordance with the disturbance voltage estimation value.
Abstract:
A control apparatus for an AC motor includes a current sensor and an estimation section. The current sensor detects current flowing through one phase of the motor. The estimation section repeats an estimation process. In the estimation process, d-axis and q-axis current estimation values are calculated based on the presently detected current of the one phase and a previous current estimation value of another phase of the motor, and a present current estimation value of each phase is calculated based on smoothed values of the d-axis and q-axis current estimation values. The estimation section performs the estimation process based on a phase lag element. The phase lag element is a difference between the presently detected current and a previous current estimation value of the one phase or the previously detected current.
Abstract:
A power conversion device includes: an inverter that includes high potential side switching elements connected to a high potential side and low potential side switching elements connected to a low potential side, and converts a current for supplying a rotating electric machine; a current detector having a sensor disposed on at least one of a positive bus for connecting the high potential side switching elements and a positive side of a DC power supply or a negative bus for connecting the low potential side switching elements and a negative side of the DC power supply; an energization device that energizes the sensor without passing through the inverter; and a controller that acquires a current detection value from the current detector, and controls the inverter and the energization device. The energization device energizes the sensor when all of high or low potential side switching elements are off.
Abstract:
A power converter is for a rotating electrical machine including first and second winding sets, each of which has coils corresponding to phases of the rotating electrical machine. In the power converter, a first inverter energizes the first winding set, a second inverter energizes the second winding set, a current sensor detects a phase current flowing through each coil, and a control section drives the first and second inverters respectively based on first and second voltage command signals. The first inverter and the first winding set form a first system. The second inverter and the second winding set form a second system. The control section calculates the first and second voltage command signals so that average voltages applied to the first and second winding sets can be different from each other. The failure detector detects whether a short-circuit occurs between the first and second systems based on each phase current.